Mark Brayshaw

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Mark Brayshaw
Personal information
Full name Mark Andrew Brayshaw
Date of birth (1966-02-05) 5 February 1966 (age 57)
Original team(s) Scotch College / North Beach
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1984–1989, 1994 Claremont 110 (70)
1990–1992 North Melbourne 032 0(2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mark Andrew Brayshaw (born 5 February 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL. [1] He is the brother of James Brayshaw and the son of Ian Brayshaw. His sons Angus, Andrew and Hamish are each on an AFL lists.

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Playing career

Claremont Football Club

Brayshaw began and ended his career with Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League. In a career that began in 1984 and ended in 1994, Brayshaw played 110 games for the club and kicked 70 goals. He was drafted by North Melbourne Football Club in the 1989 VFL draft. Brayshaw returned to Claremont in 1994, playing 20 WAFL matches. [2]

North Melbourne Football Club

In the 1989 VFL Draft, Mark was selected as first round selection (pick number 6 overall) by North Melbourne Football Club. Mark would go onto play 32 games for the club and kick two goals for the club before being delisted by the club at the end of 1992.

Post-football career

Brayshaw was the Chief Executive Officer of the Richmond Football Club from 2000 until 2004. He had previously worked in marketing roles for AFL clubs Port Adelaide and Fremantle. Mark is currently a board member of North Melbourne Football Club, alongside his brother James.

Mark is the former CEO of the AFL Coaches Association. [3] The AFL coaches association is a representative body for AFL coaches, from junior level right up to the elite level.

His focus was on supporting the work of AFL coaches from all levels of football.

Post AFL involvement he has started a company specializing in medicinal cannabis and has some high profile ex AFL clients who have reduced or eliminated pain with the medically prescribed product.

Family

Mark is married to Deborah and has three sons playing in the AFL. Angus was drafted in 2014 by the Melbourne Football Club, and in 2017, Andrew was drafted by Fremantle and Hamish was drafted by West Coast. [4]

In an accident on 20 September 2006, his 36-year-old sister Sally was killed instantly after the facade of her garage collapsed on top of her. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Mark Brayshaw's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  2. ↑ "Mark Brayshaw (Claremont)". WAFLOnline. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "AFL Coaches Association - Home".
  4. ↑ Beveridge, Riley (24 November 2017). "A perfect draft night: Hamish Brayshaw and Andrew Brayshaw join Angus on AFL club lists". Fox Sports. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "AFL Footy Show host's sister killed". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 September 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Oakes, Dan (22 September 2006). "Death of commentator's sister highlights garage risks". The Age. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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